Student Services Links

Springfield Campus

If you are a medical student or a physician, taking care
of yourself is a challenge in the best of times. In the most stressful
times, it can become nearly impossible if you're not familiar with tools
and support systems to make it easier. SIUSOM has developed an
ongoing program and tools to facilitate what the school believes is
a major professional responsibility for physicians: taking care
of yourself!!!!!!! This site is designed to communicate Wellness
Programming information to medical students and to gather Wellness
resources in a single location easily accessible to students.

Patient Physician Relationship - A series of noontime discussions centered around literature, prose
and poetry. One to three readings (30 minutes reading time or
less) centered around themes of interest to medical students.

Individual sessionswith students covering
specific topics as needed with professionals in the field.

What to Expect in Clerkships - Presented
by fourth-year students who have made it through.

Making it Through the Match - Presented
by fourth-year students who have been through the match; Student
Affairs Staff will also be available to answer questions about
timetables and paperwork requirements.
Being a Married Woman Physician
Experiences in Private Practice
Depression in Health Care Professionals - A community psychiatrist discusses depression as it impacts
our ability to provide care for patients and for ourselves.
Open Forum - Topic to be decided by students
as needed.

Empathy - a series of discussions centered around literature,
prose and poetry. One to three readings (30 minutes reading
time or less) centered around themes of interest to medical students.

Confidential Counseling Services: Students
from either campus may contact Olympia Spurling, LCSW at 217-545-4234
or Pager Access # 1328 (from within Memorial Hospital or 801 North
Rutledge) for confidential discussion of any issues

Office of Student Affairs:217-545-2680

SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE (Community Hotline): 217-525-1789

General Wellness
Resources

SIUSOM RAPID
RESPONSE TEAM - Faculty will carry a statewide pager and be
available to respond to emergency calls from
medical students on both campuses at any time, 24 hours per day. The
faculty carrying this pager on a rotating basis will include the following
(faculty will also respond to e-mail, though the time for response may
be delayed - don't use e-mail for emergencies or confidential issues):